Re: dynamics and accidentals

[Graham Percival]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > > IMHO, you either need a perfect skyline algorithm with quite exact
> > > boundaries so that such unnatural big distances are avoided, or, which
> > > is perhaps sufficient, just ignore accidentals for positioning
> > > articulation signs below or above note heads.
> > If we ignore articulations,
>
> ? Do you mean accidentals?

Oops, sorry.  Yes, accidentals.

> > we occasionally have collisions between accidentals on notes below
> > the staff and longer dynamics (like mp or mf).
>
> Hmm.  Not with mp or mf but perhaps with fz.

No, I distinctly remember this bug.  I think it was in the 2.6 series; I 
had a viola duet with a low cis (below the alto clef staff) with a \mp 
that collided with the sharp.


> > I'd rather have the current extra space than collisions in default
> > output.
>
> Well, in full scores it's very annoying that some staves are spread
> too much just due to such unnecessarily big distances...
>
> I'd rather apply some extra padding instead.  Is there a possibility
> to switch off the accidental-articulation collision handler?

That's beyond the scope of my knowledge, sorry.  :)

- Graham